Experienced Head of Policy with a demonstrated, extensive history of coaching, mentoring, and leading successful teams as a career Surface Warfare Officer. Skilled in operational planning, strategy development, and intelligence analysis. Currently serving as an Associate professor, teaching leadership and management theory and practical application. Strong community and social services professional with a Master of Arts (M.A.) focused on National Security Policy Studies and working toward an Executive Certificate in Strategic Leadership. Transitioning from Military Service June 2023.Husband to an amazing wife and School Counselor, and father to five children, I enjoy time with family whether taking care of the seemingly endless list of chores necessary to keep our house and property, sporting events as a coach or parent, or active participation in a mixed martial arts (not the octagon variety) program for which I earned my first-degree Black Belt in 2021. I consider myself a “Mr. Fix-it” whose been inducted into the “trial-by-fire” apprenticeship program of home repair in correcting all the shortcuts of the home’s previous owners – never afraid to try something new, which usually takes 2-3 times what YouTube university proclaims! I love golf, basketball, soccer, hiking, and reading, though it seems I have limited time for any, so I dabble in all.Clifton Strengths:1. Relator – I value deep relationships with my team members and others and am instinctively drawn to gaining knowledge and skills to improve my abilities as a coach and trainer.2. Learner - I seek opportunities to enhance my capacity for fixing things, correcting mistakes, or overcoming weaknesses. The process of learning, and not necessarily the outcome, excites me.3. Input – I welcome people into my life from a diverse range personalities, backgrounds, cultures, and educational levels. I continually seek ways to exercise my mind and keep it agile by casting my information net far and wide.4. Communication – I have a gift for engaging people and maintain and upbeat attitude that energizes the dialogue. I acknowledge the ideas that people share and reinforce the value of what they say.5. Responsibility – I maintain psychological ownership of what I say I will do and cherish virtues such as honesty and loyalty. Taking shortcuts or engaging in unethical practices is simply unprincipled. I yearn to win but will never cheat to get there.